diff --git a/openwrt/target/utils/Makefile b/openwrt/target/utils/Makefile
index c7b9a04980..f2a92fec3d 100644
--- a/openwrt/target/utils/Makefile
+++ b/openwrt/target/utils/Makefile
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ $(UTILS_BUILD_DIR):
 	mkdir -p $(UTILS_BUILD_DIR)
 	
 $(UTILS_BUILD_DIR)/%: src/%.c
-	$(CC) -o $@ $(patsubst $(UTILS_BUILD_DIR)/%,src/%.c,$@)
+	$(CC) -O2 -I $(STAGING_DIR)/include-host -o $@ $(patsubst $(UTILS_BUILD_DIR)/%,src/%.c,$@)
 	chmod 755 $@